🎒 Education
Schools programme
South Wales
CALM, PRACTICAL, HANDS-ON
Practical growing sessions that schools can actually run
We bring steady, hands-on learning into school life. Food, soil, seasons, and real-world skills that stick.
Already working with local schools and building gardens that last.
Programme snapshot
What schools can expect
Simple structure teachers can repeat
Practical outcomes beds, compost, crops
Low stress calm pace, clear steps
Long-term garden not a one-off visit
Best fit for schools that want a garden children actually use.
5
schools
Hands-on
sessions
Local schools we’re supporting South Wales
Romilly Primary
Cadoxton Primary
Dinas Powys Primary
Evenlode Primary
St Cyres Secondary
🌱 What pupils do
Hands-on, calm, and memorable
Grow food
Sow, plant, water, harvest, and understand seasons.
Soil and compost
What soil is, how it works, and how we look after it.
Food systems
Where food comes from and why local matters.
Confidence
Responsibility, teamwork, and pride in real outcomes.
How it happened
We started by running practical sessions and earning trust with families and schools locally.
The children engaged straight away because it was real, not classroom theory.
That led to more requests, and we kept it simple so staff could actually host it.
Now we’re working with five schools and creating a model that can grow without burning anyone out.
This connects directly into the bigger “From Soil to Community” vision, but schools benefit right now.
What schools get
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Low stress to host with clear session structure
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Curriculum-friendly outcomes and enrichment value
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A garden plan that does not get abandoned
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Real community link to local food and farming
How it’s funded
Some schools cover sessions from enrichment or wellbeing budgets.
Some is supported through our farm education work and community backing.
We keep it sensible and flexible so schools can take part without it becoming a headache.
🧑🌾 School veg garden
We can help you build it properly
If your school wants a garden that actually gets used, we can design it simply, build it with pupils where suitable, and set it up so staff can maintain it.
Simple layout
Raised beds or in-ground, matched to your site.
Compost setup
A system pupils understand and use.
Seasonal plan
What to grow and when, without overwhelm.
Ongoing support
So it stays alive after the first excitement.
We’re also creating vegetable systems on the land as part of the wider local food network.
Good fit if you want
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A steady programme, not a one-off
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A garden pupils will actually use
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Confidence-building, practical learning
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A real link to farming and local food
What to do next
Send a quick message with your school name, postcode, and what you want to achieve.
We’ll suggest a simple next step.
📩 Request a visit
Start a conversation
Short form. Clear next steps.